Month: March 2018

Vatican City, Mar 28, 2018 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- If Vatican-brokered agreements negotiated under his leadership are any indication, it seems clear that when a deal is on the table, Pope Francis usually tries to take it. In Colombia, with the U.S. and Cuba, and in China, it seems that … Continue reading

Atchison, Kansas, Mar 28, 2018 / 11:06 am (CNA).- The encyclical Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI shocked the world when it was published in 1968. While society was in the midst of the sexual revolution, the pope wrote that couples could not morally use contraception as a means of … Continue reading

Vatican City, Mar 28, 2018 / 10:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- When Peter Lombardi was diagnosed with leukemia in 2015, his wish was to get a kiss from Pope Francis, but his family’s plans to see him at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia fell through when Peter was in … Continue reading

Vatican City, Mar 28, 2018 / 06:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has named Fr. Robert F. Christian, O.P., a Dominican friar and a native of San Francisco, as the next auxiliary bishop for his home diocese in California. In a statement coinciding with … Continue reading

Vatican City, Mar 28, 2018 / 05:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said the Easter Triduum is the most important time of year for Christians, and stressed that those who truly allows themselves to be transformed by Jesus’ resurrection, while still being sinners, cannot be corrupt. “A Christian, … Continue reading

Atchison, Kansas, Mar 28, 2018 / 02:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The promise of the sexual revolution and contraception was total sexual freedom for everyone. “Sex is for fun and now women can have just as much fun without the consequences,” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said about the claims … Continue reading

Irondale, Ala., Mar 27, 2018 / 04:45 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday Catholics marked the second anniversary of the death of Mother Angelica, foundress of EWTN Global Catholic Network. “Mother Angelica’s spirit continues to guide all that we do at EWTN. It’s easy to feel her presence. She was a … Continue reading

Washington D.C., Mar 27, 2018 / 04:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archdiocese of Washington was in court on Monday, arguing that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s ban on any religious-themed advertisements is unconstitutional. The case was brought to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and argued … Continue reading

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar 27, 2018 / 03:10 pm (ACI Prensa).- Marking the Day of the Unborn Child on March 25, tens of thousands of Argentinians took to the streets throughout the country to demonstrate for the sanctity of all human life. According to organizers, approximately 150,000 people marched from … Continue reading